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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–823]
Silicomanganese From India: Final
Results No Shipment Determination of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2014–2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 10, 2016, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the Preliminary
Results of the 2014–2015 administrative
review (AR) of the antidumping duty
(AD) order on silicomanganese from
India. The period of review (POR) is
May 1, 2014, through April 30, 2015.
We received no comments from
interested parties. Therefore, the
Department continues to find that
Universal Ferro and Allied Chemicals
Ltd. (Universal) had no reviewable
transactions of subject merchandise to
the United States during the POR.
DATES: Effective August 22, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Lindgren at (202) 482–3870; AD/
CVD Operations, Office VII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On May 10, 2016, the Department
published the Preliminary Results of the
AR of the AD order on silicomanganese
from India.1 We invited interested
parties to comment on the Preliminary
Results. No party provided comments.
The Department has conducted this AR
in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
Scope of the Order
The products subject to the order are
all forms, sizes and compositions of
silicomanganese, except low-carbon
silicomanganese, including
silicomanganese briquettes, fines and
slag. Silicomanganese is a ferroalloy
composed principally of manganese,
silicon and iron, and normally contains
much smaller proportions of minor
elements, such as carbon, phosphorous
and sulfur. Silicomanganese is
sometimes referred to as ferrosilicon
1 See Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2014–2015, 81 FR 28826 (May 10, 2016)
(Preliminary Results).
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manganese. Silicomanganese is used
primarily in steel production as a source
of both silicon and manganese.
Silicomanganese generally contains by
weight not less than 4 percent iron,
more than 30 percent manganese, more
than 8 percent silicon and not more
than 3 percent phosphorous.
Silicomanganese is properly classifiable
under subheading 7202.30.0000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Some
silicomanganese may also be classified
under HTSUS subheading. This scope
covers all silicomanganese, regardless of
its tariff classification. Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) purposes, our
written description of the scope remains
dispositive.
The low-carbon silicomanganese
excluded from this scope is a ferroalloy
with the following chemical
specifications: minimum 55 percent
manganese, minimum 27 percent
silicon, minimum 4 percent iron,
maximum 0.10 percent phosphorus,
maximum 0.10 percent carbon and
maximum 0.05 percent sulfur. Lowcarbon silicomanganese is used in the
manufacture of stainless steel and
special carbon steel grades, such as
motor lamination grade steel, requiring
a very low carbon content. It is
sometimes referred to as
ferromanganese-silicon. Low-carbon
silicomanganese is classifiable under
HTSUS subheading 7202.99.8040.
Final Determination of No Shipments
As explained above, in the
Preliminary Results, the Department
found that Universal did not have
reviewable entries during the POR. Also
in the Preliminary Results, the
Department stated that it is not
appropriate to rescind the review with
respect to Universal, but rather
complete the review with respect to
Universal and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final
results.2
After issuing the Preliminary Results,
the Department received no comments
from interested parties, and has not
received any information that would
cause it to alter its preliminary
determination. Therefore, for these final
results, the Department continues to
find that Universal did not have any
reviewable entries during the POR. As
the Department received no comments
or new information for consideration in
these final results, the Department has
not prepared an Issues and Decision
Memorandum for this AR.
2 See
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Assessment
The Department has determined, and
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review.3 The
Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
date of publication of these final results
of review. Additionally, because the
Department determined that Universal
had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR, any
suspended entries that entered under
Universal’s AD case number (i.e., at that
exporter’s rate) will be liquidated at the
all-other rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.4
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
AR for all shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the publication date, as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
For Universal, which claimed no
shipments, the cash deposit rate will
remain unchanged from the rate
assigned to Universal in the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding; (2) for previously reviewed
or investigated companies, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published in the
most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which that manufacturer
or exporter participated; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the original
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding
for the manufacturer of subject
merchandise; and, (4) if neither the
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm
covered in this or any previous segment
of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will be the all-others rate of 17.74
percent, as established in the
investigation.5 These deposit
3 See
19 CFR 351.212(b).
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
5 See Silicomanganese from India: Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Final Negative Critical Circumstances
Determination, 67 FR 15531 (April 2, 2002), as
corrected in Notice of Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value and
Antidumping Duty Orders: Silicomanganese from
India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, 67 FR 36149
(May 23, 2002).
4 See
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requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notifications
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in the Department’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping
duties.
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as
a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO,
which continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to
judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
These final results of this AR and
notice are published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: August 15, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–036]
Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid
Products From the People’s Republic
of China: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Affirmative Determination
of Critical Circumstances, in Part, and
Postponement of Final Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) preliminarily
determines that certain biaxial integral
geogrid products (‘‘geogrids’’) from the
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) are
being, or are likely to be, sold in the
United States at less than fair value
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(‘‘LTFV’’). The period of investigation
(‘‘POI’’) is July 1, 2015, through
December 31, 2015. The estimated
weighted-average dumping margins are
shown in the ‘‘Preliminary
Determination’’ section of this notice.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES:
Effective August 22, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Pulongbarit or Julia Hancock,
AD/CVD Operations, Office V,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–4031 or (202) 482–1394,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the notice
of initiation of this investigation on
February 16, 2016.1 For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this investigation, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
which is dated concurrently with this
determination and hereby adopted by
this notice.2 A list of topics included in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is included as Appendix II to this
notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be found at
http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
1 See Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products
From the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 81 FR 7755
(February 16, 2016) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping
Duty Investigation of Certain Biaxial Integral
Geogrid Products from the People’s Republic of
China,’’ dated concurrently with and hereby
adopted by this notice (‘‘Preliminary Decision
Memorandum’’).
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is geogrids from the PRC.
For a full description of the scope of this
investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the
Investigation,’’ in Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the preamble to
the Department’s regulations,3 the
Initiation Notice set aside a period of
time for parties to raise issues regarding
product coverage (i.e., scope).4 Certain
interested parties commented on the
scope of the investigation as it appeared
in the Initiation Notice, as well as
additional language proposed by the
Department. For a summary of the
product coverage comments and
rebuttal responses submitted to the
record for this preliminary
determination, and accompanying
discussion and analysis of all comments
timely received, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.5 The
Department is preliminarily modifying
the scope language as it appeared in the
Initiation Notice to clarify the definition
of the term ‘‘molecular orientation’’ as it
relates to geogrids covered by the scope
of this investigation. See ‘‘Scope of the
Investigation,’’ in Appendix I, which
includes the additional clarifying
language.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
investigation in accordance with section
731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’). We calculated
export prices in accordance with section
772(a) of the Act. Because the PRC is a
non-market economy within the
meaning of section 771(18) of the Act,
we calculated normal value (‘‘NV’’) in
accordance with section 773(c) of the
Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Critical Circumstances, in Part
On May 2, 2016, Petitioner timely
filed an amendment to the Petition,
pursuant to section 733(e)(1) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.206(c)(2)(i), alleging
that critical circumstances exist with
respect to imports of the merchandise
under consideration.6 We preliminarily
3 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
4 See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 37229.
5 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
6 See Letter from Petitioner, ‘‘Amendment to
Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duties: Biaxial Integral Geogrid
Products from the People’s Republic of China’’
(May 2, 2016) (‘‘CC Allegation’’).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-823]
Silicomanganese From India: Final Results No Shipment
Determination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 10, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published the Preliminary Results of the 2014-2015 administrative
review (AR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on silicomanganese from
India. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2014, through April 30,
2015. We received no comments from interested parties. Therefore, the
Department continues to find that Universal Ferro and Allied Chemicals
Ltd. (Universal) had no reviewable transactions of subject merchandise
to the United States during the POR.
DATES: Effective August 22, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren at (202) 482-3870; AD/
CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 10, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary Results
of the AR of the AD order on silicomanganese from India.\1\ We invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. No party
provided comments. The Department has conducted this AR in accordance
with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 28826 (May
10, 2016) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order
The products subject to the order are all forms, sizes and
compositions of silicomanganese, except low-carbon silicomanganese,
including silicomanganese briquettes, fines and slag. Silicomanganese
is a ferroalloy composed principally of manganese, silicon and iron,
and normally contains much smaller proportions of minor elements, such
as carbon, phosphorous and sulfur. Silicomanganese is sometimes
referred to as ferrosilicon manganese. Silicomanganese is used
primarily in steel production as a source of both silicon and
manganese. Silicomanganese generally contains by weight not less than 4
percent iron, more than 30 percent manganese, more than 8 percent
silicon and not more than 3 percent phosphorous. Silicomanganese is
properly classifiable under subheading 7202.30.0000 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Some silicomanganese may
also be classified under HTSUS subheading. This scope covers all
silicomanganese, regardless of its tariff classification. Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) purposes, our written description of the scope
remains dispositive.
The low-carbon silicomanganese excluded from this scope is a
ferroalloy with the following chemical specifications: minimum 55
percent manganese, minimum 27 percent silicon, minimum 4 percent iron,
maximum 0.10 percent phosphorus, maximum 0.10 percent carbon and
maximum 0.05 percent sulfur. Low-carbon silicomanganese is used in the
manufacture of stainless steel and special carbon steel grades, such as
motor lamination grade steel, requiring a very low carbon content. It
is sometimes referred to as ferromanganese-silicon. Low-carbon
silicomanganese is classifiable under HTSUS subheading 7202.99.8040.
Final Determination of No Shipments
As explained above, in the Preliminary Results, the Department
found that Universal did not have reviewable entries during the POR.
Also in the Preliminary Results, the Department stated that it is not
appropriate to rescind the review with respect to Universal, but rather
complete the review with respect to Universal and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final results.\2\
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After issuing the Preliminary Results, the Department received no
comments from interested parties, and has not received any information
that would cause it to alter its preliminary determination. Therefore,
for these final results, the Department continues to find that
Universal did not have any reviewable entries during the POR. As the
Department received no comments or new information for consideration in
these final results, the Department has not prepared an Issues and
Decision Memorandum for this AR.
Assessment
The Department has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance
with the final results of this review.\3\ The Department intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of these final results of review. Additionally, because the
Department determined that Universal had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR, any suspended entries that entered under
Universal's AD case number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be
liquidated at the all-other rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\4\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this AR for all shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Universal, which claimed no shipments,
the cash deposit rate will remain unchanged from the rate assigned to
Universal in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding;
(2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which that
manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the manufacturer of subject merchandise; and, (4) if
neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or
any previous segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be
the all-others rate of 17.74 percent, as established in the
investigation.\5\ These deposit
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notice.
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\5\ See Silicomanganese from India: Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative
Critical Circumstances Determination, 67 FR 15531 (April 2, 2002),
as corrected in Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at
Less than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Silicomanganese
from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, 67 FR 36149 (May 23, 2002).
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Notifications
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as
a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO)
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under APO, which continues to govern
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding.
Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO
materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a sanctionable violation.
These final results of this AR and notice are published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h).
Dated: August 15, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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